India is again pursuing Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system after Israel agreed to transfer system technology, said a source in the Indian Ministry of Defense.

This is an apparent contracts to India’s Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, Â who said at the Aero India air show that India would not be purchasing the system.

Iron Dome could complement the longer­range homegrown Prithvi air defense sys­tem India is developing, which is intended to kill incoming ballistic missiles at a distance of up to 70 kilometers above the atmos­phere, the MoD source added.Â